Kategoria BISAC: Biography & Autobiography >> Reference

""A life-changing book for so many of us daring to be true to our life's purpose.""
Emma Taylor, The Bay Horse Speaks

As a child, Charlie Holles gazed up at the sky and asked an unanswerable question: "What is up there?" He struggled to understand but no answer came and the struggle triggered a transcendental experience. He felt his body merge with the ground beneath him and his awareness stretch out to become one with the trees, the birds, the world around him. A feeling of great bliss, peace and love surrounded him and in his own childlike way he knew that he was feeling the...

How did upstart colonists solidify the ideas celebrated in the Declaration of Independence and defeat the powerful British army? How did thinkers from disparate backgrounds shape a government that transformed modern politics? The Founding Fathers explains how, putting valuable information on this historic period at your fingertips--straight from one of the most trusted sources of information around the globe.

This comprehensive guide takes a compelling look at prominent statesmen such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas...

To collect these stories of deceit, Roelf Bolt travels from ancient times to the present day, documenting a huge assortment of legerdemain: infamous quacks, fraudulent scientists, crooks who committed "pseudocides" by faking their own deaths, and...

Originally published in 1990. Many post-World War I autobiographies focus on episodes of crisis. In a century torn by global strife and breakdown of cultural institutions, autobiography provides a way of recovering from crisis and restructuring reality a healing act that involves the writer in a "wrestle with words and meanings" that can be deeply regenerative. Narration can be a way of purging guilt and pain, re-centering the self, and reconnecting with community after a shattering experience has driven one into silence and isolation. This book considers the problems, such as finding...